25Regulations

25 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , the regulations may make provision with respect to the care, control, and management of protected sites.

(3)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) , regulations under that subsection may make provision with respect to –

(a) the protection or preservation of protected objects or the property or other things on protected sites;

(b) the prevention of damage or injury to those sites or any protected objects, property, or other things thereon;

(c) the protection or preservation of the fauna or flora contained in those sites;

(d) the prohibition or control of the removal of any property or other things (not being protected objects) from protected sites;

(e) the prohibition or control of the bringing into, or over, or the use or possession in or over, protected sites of conveyances or any other things (including living things);

(f) the conduct of persons in protected sites;

(g) the exclusion or ejection of persons from protected sites or any part thereof; and

(h) the making and collection of charges for admission to protected sites or any part thereof.

(4)  *[Section 25 Subsection (4) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*Regulations made for the purposes of this section –

(a) may confer powers and discretions on the Director and on authorized officers, honorary wardens, and other prescribed persons in relation to any matters referred to in those regulations; and

(b) may impose fines, not exceeding 10 penalty units, in respect of contraventions of the regulations.

(5)  The powers referred to in subsection (4) include power, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, to seize creatures found in a protected site.

(6)  Any regulations made under this section may apply to protected sites generally or to any specified protected site.